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David In Indy:
From TheIndyChannel.com -
Protesters Greet Obama Outside Indy Fundraisers
About 100 Protesters Line Downtown Streets
POSTED: 8:10 pm EDT May 17, 2009
UPDATED: 8:36 pm EDT May 17, 2009
INDIANAPOLIS -- President Barack Obama has wrapped up a daylong visit to Indiana.
Obama attended two fundraisers at the downtown Westin Hotel in Indianapolis early Sunday night, one for the Democratic National Committee and the other to benefit four of Indiana's five Democratic congressmen.
His Indianapolis trip came after hundreds of anti-abortion activists and students protested his appearance at the University of Notre Dame's commencement.
There were about 100 protesters at his Indianapolis event, but most of them objected to his stances on taxes and borrowing.
"Obama is trying to tax us into oblivion and this is supposed to be a free country," said Steve Davis.
"Quit spending the money and give me back my constitution," said Robert Storm. "Those are my two biggest beefs. Government is way too big."
He told those inside the hotel that he was glad to be back in Indiana. Obama was the first Democratic presidential nominee to carry the state since Lyndon Johnson in 1964.
Copyright 2009 by TheIndyChannel.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/19487649/detail.html
David In Indy:
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From TheIndyChannel:
Video Shot After Obese Woman's Death Contradicts Coroner
Coroner Claims Proper Equipment Wasn't Available
INDIANAPOLIS -- Video captured by a neighbor of an obese woman tied down on a flatbed trailer following her death contradicts the coroner's claims that proper equipment wasn't at the scene.
The Marion County coroner has come under fire after a towing service was called in to remove the body of Teresa Smith, 48, who weighed 750 pounds, after she died in her northeast side apartment Tuesday.
Smith's boyfriend and the couple's 13-year-old son, along with several neighbors, said they watched as Smith's body, still on her mattress, was dragged out into the open, strapped down on the wrecker and covered with a piece of carpet before being driven downtown.
Brenguel Eines shot video from her upstairs apartment as the event unfolded.
"It was so eerie, it was unreal. It was like we were watching something off of TV," she said. "At first we were shocked by the tow truck. But then they put that dirty carpet on top of her. That just made you gasp for air."
Coroner Frank Lloyd Jr. told 6News' Jack Rinehart Thursday that the removal of Smith's body was done with as much discretion as possible.
"What's the downside of using a flatbed truck if it's done in a respectful manner?" he said. "It's not a good sight to see a body on the back of a truck. In certain situations though, you might not have any options."
Lloyd said that he was told that the proper equipment to handle Smith's body was not at the scene.
But the video shot by Eines shows several pieces of apparatus that officials at the scene told Rinehart included a gurney capable of handling 1,100 pounds and a vehicle large enough to transport the body. There were also eight to 10 firefighters, along with police personnel.
"That is just truly, truly sad that they had the option and didn't use it, Eines said. "They sat and thought about it and that's the best thing you could think of, a flatbed tow truck?"
The body removal service contracted by the coroner's office also told Rinehart that it has equipment to handle obese individuals, and that it moved the remains of an 800-pound person two weeks ago with a special gurney and two employees.
Friends said that when Smith fell out of bed two months ago, two firefighters were able to lift her back up by themselves.
Eines said she is just upset that Smith wasn't respected following her death.
"She was treated like an object out of a person," she said. "I do not think she was treated with any kind of dignity."
Lloyd declined a request for another interview on Friday, calling the story "old news."
6News has chosen not to show the video in its entirety because it contains images that may be disturbing to some.
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/19541042/detail.html
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David In Indy:
I know it. I was appalled. They've been talking about it on the news. It's an absolute disgrace. Everyone here is shocked. I realize she presented a challenge, but.....
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injest:
--- Quote from: David In Indy on May 23, 2009, 12:09:59 am ---I know it. I was appalled. They've been talking about it on the news. It's an absolute disgrace. Everyone here is shocked. I realize she presented a challenge, but.....
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as the story pointed out though there ARE other ways to handle this stuff...it isn't like it was a huge emergency, if they didn't have the right equiptment, they coulda waited!
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